Tom: D5

   D5                                C5                            
1.  If you could read my mind, love,  what a tale my thoughts could tell,
D5                                C5                                      
    just like an old-time movie     about a ghost from a wishing well,
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    in a castle dark or a fortress strong,
           A5             B5          G5                 D5
    with chains upon my feet, you know that ghost is me.
        G5             D5               G5              A5                   D5
    And I will never be set free, as long as I'm a ghost that you can't see. 
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2.   If I could read your mind, love,   what a tale your thoughts could tell. 
D5                                C5    
    just like a paperback novel,   the kind that drugstores sell. 
D5                       D5             G5
    When you reach the part where the heartaches come,
         A5             B5       G5          D5
    the hero would be me, the hero often fails.
         G5                    D5
    And you won't read that book again,
       G5                  A5                D5
    because the ending's just too hard to take.

3. Instr. ( = verse 1, lines 1 - 2 : )   
 D5 - C5 - D5   - C5 

D5               D5         G5
    I'll walk away like a movie star,
              A5                      B5     G5            D5
    who gets burned in a three-way script, enter number two.
       G5               D5
    A movie queen, a play, the scene 
          G5               A5                 B5
    are bringing all the good things out in me,
             G5                   D5
    but for now, love, let's be real.


       G5                     D5
    I never thought I could act this way,
              G5             A5
    and I've got to say, I just don't get it.
   G5                   D5
   I don't know where we went wrong,
              G5                   A5                 D5      ~
    but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.
  D5                                 C5                            
4.  If you could read my mind, love,  what a tale my thoughts could tell,
D5                                C5                                      
    just like an old-time movie     about a ghost from a wishing well,
D5                D5        G5                            
    in a castle dark or a fortress strong,
           A5             B5          G5           D5
    with chains upon my feet, the story always ends.
        G5                  D5
    If you could read between the lines,
             G5                  A5              B5
    you'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand,
          G5               D5
    the feeling that you lost.
       G5                     D5
    I never thought I could feel this way,
              G5             A5
    and I've got to say, I just don't get it.
    G5                   D5
    I don't know where we went wrong,
              G5                   A5                 D5    - C5 - D5
    but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.